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1 month ago | 
flicks.com.au | Adam Fresco |Liam Maguren |Clarisse Loughrey |Matt Glasby
Spooky sci-fi set on an isolated oil rig returns in season two of The Rig. Its characters are thrown into a new set of dire machinations, deadly mystery, and devious manoeuvrings, reports Adam Fresco. Well, colour me guiltily pleasured all over the place, because despite being alternately tense, twisted, dramatic, and downright bonkers, The Rig is back, and remains damn entertaining, addictively bingeworthy TV.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
flicks.co.uk | Luke Buckmaster |Rory Doherty |Eliza Janssen |Adam Fresco
Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column, published every Friday, spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: the new Harlan Coben adaptation Missing You. I made a terrible mistake when it came to Netflix’s Missing You. See, I watched it rather late into New Year’s Day. By then, my hangover had cleared entirely.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Adam Fresco
Yellowstone: Season 5 is available to stream in Australia now... Moreon Stan and Apple TV Store.LessWATCH NOWApple TV StoreTo rent or buyWATCH NOWAdJohn is sworn in as governor of Montana, settles into... Morethe powers of his office and makes bold moves to protect the Yellowstone, and the bunkhouse and the Duttons enjoy the Governor's Ball.LessJohn makes a passionate speech to the state of Montana,...
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Eliza Janssen |Luke Buckmaster |Liam Maguren |Adam Fresco
The new Alien movie is finally upon us—but this deflatingly unoriginal “interquel” is an exercise in box-ticking, writes Luke Buckmaster. In space nobody can hear you scream “more of the same!” Fede Álvarez’s horror “interquel,” based in between the first two Alien movies, is a jukebox or greatest hits record, trundling out the franchise’s signature tracks with no desire to put its own spin on the material or try something different.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Liam Maguren |Adam Fresco |Rory Doherty
David Cronenberg returns with The Shrouds, blending his usual body horror with personal reflections on grief. As Eliza Janssen reports from Melbourne International Film Festival, the Canadian director is too restless in his questions of whether we can ever rest in peace. The Shrouds is David Cronenberg’s first film as an octogenarian.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Liam Maguren |Adam Fresco |Rory Doherty
Eli Roth’s adaptation of the popular video game series Borderlands is unlikely to impress gamers or mainstream moviegoers, with a chaotic tone and a shambolic plot, writes Luke Buckmaster. Cate Blanchett has bright candy-red hair and sass to spare as Lilith, the protagonist of Borderlands: a bounty hunter entangled in a treasure-hunting narrative that’s more like a wildly out of control vehicle than a storyline per se.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Liam Maguren |Adam Fresco |Rory Doherty
A puppeteer parent goes off the deep end when his kid goes missing in new Netflix series Eric. With top-notch performances and world-building bringing to life so many elements of 1980s New York it exceeds expectations, says Steve Newall. It’s impossible to keep track of how many times we’ve heard “New York is like another character” about a movie or TV show (a Slate feature did a good job of digging into this very topic a decade ago).
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Liam Maguren |Adam Fresco |Luke Buckmaster |Rory Doherty
Fans of Matt Damon and Casey Affleck might be drawn to The Instigators—but the tone of this reasonably entertaining action-comedy is a bit hit-and-miss, writes Luke Buckmaster. Despite what its title implies, the lead characters in The Instigators certainly aren’t go-getters: they’re down-and-out deadbeats more likely to fall asleep in a bar than attempt a daring crime.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Adam Fresco |Luke Buckmaster |Rory Doherty |Travis Johnson
An incredibly smart girl and her estranged American father search for a mythical beast in the Canterbury wilderness in Aotearoa adventure flick Bookworm. It makes for a hearty and heart-filled adventure Liam Maguren writes, despite a sometimes wobbly momentum.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Rory Doherty |Adam Fresco |Travis Johnson
A cerebral sci-fi series set in a spaced-out 23rd Century lighthouse returns with season two of Beacon 23. The new episodes deliver even more thoughtful sci-fi twists, surprising turns, and dark drama, writes Adam Fresco. “It’s about a lighthouse-keeper, only in space!” At least that’s how I guess the initial elevator pitch went for Beacon 23—and as concepts go, that’s a pretty intriguing premise.
